MARY LOUISE ŞİMŞEK

Professor
 MARY LOUISE ŞİMŞEK

A BLOK 1. KAT 245

+90 (212) 533 65 32 / 1339-4928

mloneil@khas.edu.tr

ORCID

Education

Master's Degree

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Kadın Çalışmaları

Doctorate

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Amerikan Çalışmaları

Master's Degree

UNİV. OF WYOMİNG
Amerikan Kültürü ve Edebiyatı

Bachelor's Degree

THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Beşeri Bilimler

Research Areas

  • Toplumsal Cinsiyet
  • Kadın Çalışmaları
  • Üreme Hakları

Work Experience

2003 / Continuing Proseför, Doçent, Yard. Doç. Dr.
Kadir Has Üniversitesi

Publications

  • "Population politics, reproductive governance and access to abortion in Turkey",
    O’Neil, Mary Lou; Ramaswamy, Amrutha; Altuntaş, Deniz; , Culture, Health and Sexuality, (2024) DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2317734
  • "Gender Equality Plans at Universities in Turkey",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; , About Gender: International Journal of Gender Studies, (2023) Vol.12, No.24, 1-29 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15167/2279-5057/AG2023.12.24.2272
  • "The availability of emergency contraception from family health centers in Turkey",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; Aldanmaz, Bahar; Altuntaş, Deniz; , Health Policy, (2022) Vol.126, No.7, 715-721 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.04.006
  • "Identity and the Availability of Emergency Contraception from Pharmacies in Istanbul. ",
    O'Neil, Mary Louıse; Aldanmaz-Fidan, Bahar; , Kadın/Woman 2000, (2021) Vol.21, No.2, 35-45 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33831/jws.v22i2.318
  • "Motherhood, Citizenship, and Rights: Illegal Abortions in Turkey",
    O’Neil, Mary Lou; Komut, Sultan; , Women's Studies, (2019) Vol.48, No.2, 81-96 DOI: 10.1080/00497878.2019.1567513
  • "Women’s access to property: A comparative study on Islamic and Kemalist women in Turkey",
    O’Neil, Mary Lou; Toktas, Sule; , Journal of Historical Sociology, (2017) Vol.30, No.3, 674-696 DOI: 10.1111/johs.12154
  • "‘I am here’: women workers’ experiences at the former Cibali Tekel Tobacco and Cigarette Factory in Istanbul",
    Selen, Eser; O’Neil, Mary Lou; , Gender, Place and Culture, (2017) Vol.24, No.8, 1165-1184 DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2017.1372389
  • "Abortion services at hospitals in Istanbul",
    O’Neil, Mary Lou; , European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, (2017) Vol.22, No.2, 88-93 DOI: 10.1080/13625187.2016.1276163
  • "The availability of abortion at state hospitals in Turkey: A national study",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; , Contraception, (2017) Vol.95, No.2, 148-153 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.09.009
  • "“It was as if society didn't want a woman to get an abortion”: a qualitative study in Istanbul, Turkey",
    MacFarlane, Katrina A.; O'Neil, Mary Lou; Tekdemir, Deniz; Foster, Angel M.; , Contraception, (2017) Vol.95, No.2, 154-160 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.07.190
  • "Politics, policies, pronatalism, and practice: availability and accessibility of abortion and reproductive health services in Turkey",
    MacFarlane, Katrina A.; O'Neil, Mary Lou; Tekdemir, Deniz; Çetin, Elvin; Bilgen, Barış; Foster, Angel M.; , Reproductive Health Matters, (2016) Vol.24, No.48, 62-70 DOI: 10.1016/j.rhm.2016.11.002
  • "Gender and the wage gap in Turkish academia",
    Ucal, Meltem; O’neil, Mary Lou; Toktas, Sule; , Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, (2015) Vol.17, No.4, 447-464 DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2015.1063309
  • "Competing frameworks of Islamic law and secular civil law in Turkey: A case study on women's property and inheritance practices",
    Toktas, Sule; O'Neil, Mary Lou; , Women's Studies International Forum, (2015) Vol.48, 29-38 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2014.10.011
  • "Women's Property Rights in Turkey",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; Toktas, Sule; , Turkish Studies, (2014) Vol.15, No.1, 29-44 DOI: 10.1080/14683849.2014.891350
  • "Selfish, vengeful, and full of spite: The representations of women who have abortions on Turkish television",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; , Feminist Media Studies, (2013) Vol.13, No.5, 810-818 DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2013.838360
  • "Religion as a factor influencing turkish women's decisions to work",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin; , Journal of International Women's Studies, (2013) Vol.14, No.3, 163-173
  • "How do women receive inheritance? The processes of Turkish women’s inclusion and exclusion from property",
    Toktas, Sule; O’neil, Mary Lou; , Asian Women, (2013) Vol.29, No.4, 25-50 DOI: 10.14431/aw.2013.12.29.4.25
  • "Invisible navigation (or impossible?)",
    Özcan, Oguzhan; O'Neil, Mary Lou; , Leonardo, (2013) Vol.46, No.1, 90-91 DOI: 10.1162/LEON_a_00496
  • "Strangers to and producers of their own culture: American popular culture and Turkish young people",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; Güler, Fazil; , Comparative American Studies, (2010) Vol.8, No.3, 230-243 DOI: 10.1179/147757010X12773889525821
  • "You are what you wear: Clothing/ appearance laws and the construction of the public citizen in Turkey",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; , Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture, (2010) Vol.14, No.1, 65-82 DOI: 10.2752/175174110X12544983515231
  • "Prayer bead gestures and television: A case study on cultural inspirations for interaction art education",
    Özcan, Oguzhan; Akdemir, Emre; O'Neil, Mary Lou; Ayça Ünlüer, A.; , Leonardo, (2009) Vol.42, No.5, 428-432 DOI: 10.1162/leon.2009.42.5.428
  • "Breaking the rules in interactive media design education",
    Özcan, Oǧuzhan; Yantaç, Asim Evren; O'Neil, Mary Lou; , Digital Creativity, (2009) Vol.20, No.1-2, 115-124 DOI: 10.1080/14626260902868129
  • "Human resource leadership: The key to improved results in health",
    O'Neil, Mary L.; , Human Resources for Health, (2008) Vol.6, DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-6-10
  • "Improving retention and performance in civil society in Uganda",
    O'Neil, Mary L.; Paydos, Michael; , Human Resources for Health, (2008) Vol.6, DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-6-11
  • "Headscarves and the contestation of public space in Turkey",
    O'Neil, Mary Lou; , European Journal of Women's Studies, (2008) Vol.15, No.2, 101-115 DOI: 10.1177/1350506807088069

Projects

Project Name Role in the Project Project Type Fund Establishment Start Date End Date
"BUDGET IT - Building Gender Equality through gender budgeting for Institutional Transformation" Yürütücü Uluslararası Proje HORIZON Europe 01.01.2023
 31.12.2026
"INSPIRE- European Centre of Excellence on Inclusive Gender Equality in Research & Innovation: Creating Knowledge & Engaging in Collaborative Action" Yürütücü Uluslararası Proje HORIZON Europe 01.12.2023
 31.12.2025
"Resistance in Anti-Gender Times" Yürütücü Uluslararası Proje Diğer Uluslararası 01.09.2024
 31.08.2025
"GenderEX: Gender for Excellence in Research" Yürütücü Uluslararası Proje HORIZON 2020 01.01.2021
 31.12.2023
"710534 Systemic Action for Gender Equality (SAGE)/Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği için Sistemik Eylem" Yürütücü Uluslararası Proje HORIZON 2020 01.09.2016
 31.08.2019

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
Women and Gender Studies PSIR356 2024/25 Spring
Research Methods and Ethics in Gender Studies GEN601 2024/25 Spring